Power-loading wagon.



c. WQMAYER. POWER LOADING WAGON.

I APPLICATION FILE-D MAR.3I{19I3. I

1,177;347. Patented Mar. 28,1916.

2 SHEEYS-Stjl-LEI I.

C. WfMAYER.

POWER LOADING WAGON;

' APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3!. 1913.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

- c'HAmEs w. AYER, or ROCHESTER, new from.

PowEiLoAnmG WAGON.

i gllifl fl, l P 9i ixi of Lett e -s B atant. Patented Mar. 28,1916. T

7 Application iiie'a Marsh 31, 1913'. semi in. 757,832.

'TO'aZZ whom it mag concern: f form of the invention, and Fig.5 is a detail :Be it known; that I, C'uiAnnns'lV. MAYER, of a counterbalaneing device. 'I

"a citizen of the United States, and resident {referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the tIHCkJbOClV I of. Rochester, county of "Monroe, State 613; 10 may be of any standard or usual construeso 'Ne'wYoi-k, haveinvented, an Improvement firm and it is shown as an unusually-"high in Power-Loading Wagons, of which the, one to illustrate the possibilitiesof my infollowing deseripti'on, connection with rent an for filli-nglarger and higher bodies I the aceompanying,drawings, is af-specifica t'llzii' canreadily be filled by hand} A large l t1on;.l1ke 'charaetersgon the drawingsrepre bucket is indicated at 11, equipped with s'entin'glike parts. t'runnions I2 at-an upper part thereof en- Thepresent-invention relates to apparatus gaged by the-ends of long lever arihs 13 at I for fillingyehiclelor wagon bodies 'by.po ver either side of the truck body, these arms be- I "operated means,adaptedto'lifta receptacle ing pi'i'oted or fulcrur'ned at 14 to a shaft l filled with 'inateri'al froinrtheground-or,a carried bygthetruclrbody and being'exm 1" lowerlevelyelevate and transfer the same tended at the other side of such pivoted over the body, and fina'llydunipingthe conpoint to form gear segments l5, wh1chare /;I tents into the'bodyu I 9 g engaged by -piniens;16 mounted ,on' a. shaft 1 While having other and more general 17 also carried in a lower part of the vehicle fields of usefulness the invention is a well body. The shaft 17-. may be turned by means 75 l adapted for use in the ash, garbage and of'a hand crank 18 to swing the arms li iuprefuse collection-' service of cities, and; Ward and thuslift the-bucket. I preferably;

1 j-equally applicablet'o motor operated andg'howe'ver, liftthebucketby-poweroperatingi jghorg drawvnvehicles. 1 means which has 'a. transnrission qonsisting {The invention{comprises mechanism fo rw' Off'a' Shaft-19v diagona y mounted in hear; so I l giholding a;receptaele on of near th e'ground ings 20 at thesides of the body, having fixed -while it isgbeing filled, 'witl pmrisio-n for thereto at-one end a gear orpin, 'wheel 21 v lifting the filled receptacleiip over the body,

7 preferablyover the end thereof toa position "shaft; 17 to drive thef'same, and. the shaft 19 where the. contents may be dumped intoad e .80 siredfpart'of the body; In" the preferred nections 22 from ai'notor 23 which maybe Y embodiments'a' large-bucket adapted" to rest: conveniently positioned beneath the drivers you "the ground While being-filled, is carried seat 24.- To perinit the bucket 11 to be easily onflong swinging arms which are: power": dumped its bottom is-formed of two-plates" vcooperating with a similar wheel on the having at its, other endreversing gearcons5 I x operatedtoj lift thefilled bucl'q j; v ndiithere or wings 25, 26 pivoted zit 27, 28 atfthe sides 90'; :5 beingcooperatingdevices onthe bucketand ,of the bucket and normally interfitting as 'at onthegvehicl'e body for -effecting the dis- 29't0 make the bottom "closure. T he1plate charge of a the b'iicketcontents, this being haslpivotedgto anupstanding lugthereof wefiectedqin' one embodiment by the opening 30 one end-pf'a stout and stiff link bar 31 of the bucket bottomjt'o clump its contents hose-other end pivotedat" 32 to an upf i0 as thebucketreaehes apositi'on overthefpart standing lever: arm 33 rigid with the plate 1 4 of the body into which it desire tliat it 26. --It=will be l'inderstoodthat the linkbar be dumped, z Q a i 31 with lits pivot connections 30', 32 and the a The abore'and-bther objectsfand. fe ures arm 33=are at the si'dec'of thebucket. As a l of the invention will; be betterI understood means'to engage the link-bar 31 so as'to hold .45 from thefoll'owing detailed" descrifitidn- "the'plates 25', 26 inbqt'tom closing'position ta' cen inconnecti'on with thee pom anying I provide a catch 34 at the lower end of a drajwingsand will be thereafteripointeiiout; bar 35 pivotedat 36t'0'the bucket'sifde, this inthe "appended elaiiiis. catch being pressed to engaging position by Referring'tothe drawingg' Fignre 1 is a spring 37 fixed toQa lug onthe bucket as .105

10 side elevation of a 'v'ehicle/ equipped with lit 38, the lower endvof this bar whe'reo'n the I in my invention; Fig.2 s a. fragmentary sec? [catch 34 is formed-being beveled 01f as at .ktiolialfview on line of Fig. showing 3'9soth'at as the bar 31 islifted up the catcln :apai't of:thedumping'meehanism; Fig. 3 e'ansnap thereunder. Pig 9, firhgnientary 'detaii'l sidef view; "showing other.piart ofthe' dumpinglmechanismy closing. position with 'the bar 31 engaged 4 i. fleva iems qwiegm fiedi Ye the a h .3 as ee in g n The plates'25, 26,b eing held in bottom 1'10 pins 67 whichi'l'ljrolect m a'fo'rward porinvention 1 preferably 'couriterb'alancing the we1ght'of the bucketv tionof the bodyz In either case the-bucket andgconten'ts, and {of the swinging arms. Suc counterbalance may assume various forms but for illustrative purposes I show a coil 'spring 68 'surroundi1 1g the shaft 14,

wheel member 69, mounted to turn on shaft efixed at one end theretoor to. an adjacent pOrtionof the segment member 15, the other v r the bucket, ver'tlcally-swlnging arms plvoted end of this spring being fixed to ,a ratchet 14 and having cobperative therewith a spring pressedpawl'70.;1 The ratchet wheel 69 has fixed the'retoa' gear wheel meshing with a gear pinion 72 fixed-on a shaft having a 'piojectingsquared. end 73. -.'By this con- -struction the tension of the spring can be adjusted as required for different inds of garbage or to makeup for its deterioration" y of a suite turnin the shaft 73 with the application file crank or wrench thereto.

It is tobe observed'that the bucket as it swings down, also swings but clear of the truck body and is adapted to set on the ing; .als'othat the mechanism for effecting :the dumping of thbucket matic and of a simple and effective charpavement in a convenient 'position for fillis entirely autoacter, the bucket bottom being also automatically closed 'withIout- -.atten ti-on,from the v ward,Y.in',the -one form, and the bucket beform oil-the invention as the bucket is returned tofilling position.

V Theblurality of upright-posts, and the movable pin-carrying fa meanswhereby the bucket can be dumped into different ,jwill and the plate respectively, afford -parts i'of the vehicle body at change made from dumping despatch. i I- am aiv' iiiithat the invention can be embodied in; numerous other specific forms ered'as illustrative and notrestrictive and refer to'the appeiu 1 the foregoing- S ope of the invention,

Having described my led. claims rather than to description to indicate the invention,- what I clalm'as new 'and de'slre tosecure'by Letters Patent is: j g v i 1. Apparatus of thekind described, comthe "same consisting of, a receivingbucket having a dumping bottom,-means carried by tweak ---.operator asthebu'cket is swung back down into onetpa'rtinto another \vith ease and vehicle-body forswinging said I bucket ."vertically' frbm a lowered osition' on the 'ground'to-a osition over t e vehicle-body, and means or automatically opening the bottomof the bucket as it-comes to position over. the body and for automatically closing said bottom as it is lowered. c

2. Apparatus of the kind described, comprising a vehicle body having a bottom and side and endwalls forming'a container for loose material, and means for filling the same consisting of a bucket having adumpof the vehicle body in all positions of at the. sides bf th bodyand carrying'said bucket, said armsbeingofalength to pe1- mit the bucket to. rest on the'g'round outside of the' vehicle-body, I onthe bucket and the vehicle-body for autoing bottom, said. bucket being arranged outand cobperative means matically opening the bucket bottom as it Y comes toposition over the bod 3 Apparatus of the kind described, comprising a vehicle body formed to serve as a" cohtainer for loose material with relatively high retaining walls, a container bucket having a dumping'bottom, arms mounted at the sides of the body and'engaging said bucket at their ends, said arms bee ing of a length to permit the bucket to rest on the ground to be filled and to swing up over the .end of thebodyf to a position thereover for dumpingf the bucket being arranged outside of the body in all positions of the bucket, said body having provision to. eifect a dumping of the sition thereover, and said'jarms having gear segments carried thereby with power connections thereto for lifting the bucket: 4. Apparatusof the kind described, comprising a vehicle body having relatively high walls and a receiving container bucket having anopening bottom swingingly mounted on the body so as to rest on the ground to be filled and to swing, up over the vbody for dumping thereinto, said body having a plupivotally 10o bucket it comesto po ral i tyof means spaced apart along its length (lumping the bucket in a of the kind described, com ai'eceiving bucket swingingly mouitfedu-thereon. adapted to be;

lowered for filling {End toswing up over the i body for dumpingfa'nd, a plurality of upstanding posts adjustably mounted on the-- body at different said posts being selectively movable to an, position for engaging the bucket b to'dum the same in differentarts f th J .prlsing a, vehicle-body having a bottom and bod '9 side and'en'd walls forming a container for 'loose material, andmechanism ,for filling points along its length,

. operative 6. Apparatu s of the kind described, comn smg ajvehlcle body, a receiving bucket 'swingmgly mounted thereon to be lowered fdr fillingendto W g up over the body for dumfiihgiherihtd, aid bucket having an opening-bottom, and an upstanding post mounted on thevehialebody, said'p'ost hav ijng one. part I"0m 1ed to effect an opening of the bucket; -b0ttom,;md women-part f0 rmed tof-e'flect closure theregf: a$ the I bucket swings backhfter. dumping.

7'. Appallatus-ofthe k-inddeseribed; com: prising a bdy -and*mechdnism for filling to lift'the bu'lcket to a pesitionjofierihe bod'y,

said bueket haw ihg auopeningfbottqm; and a being arran ed bp tside bf the body in" n po- 1-1; sitions 0f the bucket, and coiipemting means onnthe body and bucket.adaptedtoz permit'j comes to position oyei the-bdy', mid -to effect closing-- of' the bucket ,bot tomas therzbucketm 2Q the 'pfesenee of two subscribing witnesses.-

GHA-RLESTWS MAXE -Witnes'ses: :J

ja 'IA'Cbli L. Ammsexrv JOHN A. 'DAILEY 

